| Issue that's too dangerous to touch |
HOTPOTATO |
| Itzhak Perlman's instrument |
VIOLIN |
| Jungle swinger |
APE |
| Key with no sharps or flats |
AMINOR |
| Letter-shaped girder |
IBAR |
| Light punishment on wrists |
SLAPS |
| Like monkeys and 59-Downs |
SIMIAN |
| Like rock music from the 1950s-'70s, now |
CLASSIC |
| Like the numerals I, V, X and L |
ROMAN |
| Many a middle schooler |
TWEEN |
| Multigenerational tale |
SAGA |
| Nitty-gritty |
BAREBONES |
| One of two on a bike |
PEDAL |
| Open to bribery |
VENAL |
| Opposite of a bench player |
STARTER |
| Painter/poet Jean ___ |
ARP |
| Pear-shaped stringed instrument |
LUTE |
| Quickly |
APACE |
| Scored 100 on |
ACED |
| Shape of a stop sign |
OCTAGON |
| Sleep indicators in the comics |
ZEES |
| Sloe ___ fizz |
GIN |
| Something a long-distance runner needs |
STAMINA |
| State-of-the-___ |
ART |
| Steeple |
SPIRE |
| Sumptuously furnished |
POSH |
| Tax fraud investigator |
AUDITOR |
| Tennis champ Agassi |
ANDRE |
| Throw a chip in the pot |
ANTE |
| Used a bench |
SAT |
| Was almost out of supplies |
RANLOW |
| What angry bees do |
STING |
| When one sees stars |
NIGHT |
| Widens |
EXTENDS |
| Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
APPEALING |
| Young fellows |
LADS |
| ___ Lee of Marvel Comics |
STAN |
